The Bolsheviks: October/November Revolution 1917

The start of the Oct./Nov. revolution began with Lenin returning from exile with the help of the German.The Germans becuase they wanted Russia to retreat from the war and Lenin was the guy who was going to do that The Kronstadt Mutiny began with 20,000 armed sailors took control of Petrograd and demanded the Soviet take power because of this The Bolsheviks are seen as defenders of Petrograd Kornilov, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army at the time and was on the same side as Alexander Krenesky, threatened to attack the cityBolsheviks were led by Trotsky (military) Lenin led the Petrograd uprising and in the end it was bloodless Winter palace which was defended by Cossacks was fired at with one blank shot at and they ended up surrender after that the out comes of the revolution were that the power now belonged to the Soviets The Mensheviks and the Centre-right believed the Bolsheviks had gained power illegally. That the Bolsheviks walked out of the Second Congress of Soviets and decree on land allowed peasants to seize private land and redistribute it They Decree on the Peace proposed a withdrawal from WWI (Treaty of Brest-Litovsk)

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed by Vladimir Lenin. It stated that they were to retreat from WWI and that Germany would keep all the land they had taken Which in the end was not a bad gamble for Lenin because they ended up getting back all their land at the end of WWI

Was exiled before WWI (in April)Returned before the Oct./Nov. revolutions with the Help of the Germans by giving him a train and passage through FinlandThe Germans helped him because they wanted Russia to drop out of WWI States his April Theses denouncing the war (Peace, Land, Bread)He established leadership under Council of People’s Comissars Lenin along with Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin were main Bolshevik leaders He redistributed the land, nationalized all banks which lead to private accounts being confiscated, foreign trade became state monopoly And all opposition groups (like the Mensheviks) were made illegal Sets up the comintern (to spreads the revolution worldwide) Treaty of Rapallo (Germany and Russia) (The treaty was made so that the Russians made war material for the Germans (which was against the Treaty of Versailles) and in return they received steel manufacturing technology from Germany)1922 he renames the Bolsheviks into the Communist party of RussiaRussia changes it name to the USSR
(Soviet Union (cccp) )

Summary

The people of Russia belived in the Bolsheviks and that is why they won the revolution, because they had the power of the people. After the revolution they did retreat form WWI just like the people wanted thanks to Lenin. Lenin was what the people wanted and did what the people asked him to do.(get them out of the war)